First trained as a community mediator by Community Boards of San Francisco
in 1979, I have been a panel mediator, trainer of mediators, trainer of
trainers, and organizational development consultant to community mediation
programs. I am a member of the Oregon Mediation Association and maintain a
small private practice specializing in resolution of private disputes.

Since 1998, I have facilitated an Asperger Syndrome adult support group,
and have recently been joined by three other co-facilitators to expand the
format and offerings of the support group. Since 2000, with a licensed clinical
social worker colleague, I have co-facilitated a married partners group where
one or both members of the couple are on the autistic spectrum.

With a colleague and by myself, I have also presented workshops on the
technique and dynamics of small group facilitation with individuals "somewhere"
on the higher functioning end of the autistic spectrum.

I have had considerable experience in small and large group facilitation,
and am the author of one of the first training manuals on large group conflict
mediation published by Community Boards of San Francisco in 1986.

In additional to traditional mediation, I've become a comfortable
participant in the group team and leadership experience. I have served on
numerous non-profit boards, and am presently (2005) the president of my
neighborhood association in Gresham, Oregon, since January 2002 a City of
Gresham delegate commissioner to the Multnomah County Housing and Community
Development Commission, and a member of its special needs committee as well as
its families with special needs task force. I've also been president and
secretary of my condominium homeowner's association, a position requiring much
sensitivity and finesse in working out cooperative governance arrangements with
fellow home owners.